Cesar Chavez Rhetorical Analysis

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Cesar Chavez is known for standing up for Latino Americans civil rights. He gives many speeches and writes many articles. In his article released on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. in the magazine of a religious organization. He uses many rhetorical choices through out the paper. Such as similes, irony, personification, repetition, simple recall and many more.
Personification is used the most throughout the article. He uses it to help bring his article to life. “Time is our ally” he is comparing time to an ally although time could not be a physical thing it is showing that you can make it what you want, its in your hands. In another part of his article he uses “which our struggle has grown and matured.”

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